Birds to See in India in July
117 bird species on our list for India are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Indian Peafowl, House Sparrow and Indian Robin. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and Greenshank and 9 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From India’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 117 birds in July
117 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentCommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisResidentCommon22–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentRare14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentRare10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusResidentUncommon25–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentRare34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentRare58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentRare32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentRare27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Black-bellied TernSterna acuticaudaPassage migrantRare32–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentRare37–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made